ATC
Inmarsat Finalizes Flight Tracking Safety Evaluation
By the end of the six-month trial aircraft across all oceanic airspace managed by Australia were being tracked with a minimum reporting rate of 14 minutes.

Inmarsat, working alongside Airservices Australia, has completed a safety evaluation of flight tracking services to help the global aviation industry meet tracking requirements outlined by ICAO in February, the company announced last week. The ICAO resolution requires commercial aircraft to report their position at least every 15 minutes by the end of next year; the current requirement mandates reporting every 30 to 40 minutes. The reduced interval is designed to ensure ATC can more easily respond to incidents and potential traffic conflicts.